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Definition: Irrelevance |
IrrelevanceNoun1. The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "irrelevance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
Synonym: IrrelevanceSynonym: irrelevancy (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: relevance (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Irrelevance |
| English words defined with "irrelevance": immateriality, inapplicability. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "irrelevance": joint stereo coding, joint stereo mode ♦ M/S stereo, MS stereo. (references) |
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| "Irrelevance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Irrelevance" is used about 136 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 136 | 27,260 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
out of irrelevance | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "irrelevance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mungesë lidhjeje (discrepancy, incoherence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | اللاعلاقية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неуместност (impertinence, impropriety, inappropriateness, incongruity, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpedience, inexpediency, infelicity), неприложимост (inapplicability), липса на връзка, липса на отношение, ирелевантност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不相干. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | irelevance, nedùležitost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نامناسبی (Inadequacy, Inconvenience, Infelicity, Irrelevancy), نامربوطی (Impertinence, Irrelevancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | non-pertinence, mesure de l'incertitude, manque de rapport, dispersion, altération. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Belanglosigkeit (immaterialness, inconsequentiality, insignificance, pettiness, triviality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lényegtelenség (immateriality, inconsequence, irrelevancy), nem odaillőség (irrelevancy), nem a tárgyhoz tartozóság (irrelevancy), lényegtelen dolog, jelentéktelenség (futility, immateriality, insignificance, insignificancy, irrelevancy, lightness, littleness, negligibility, paltriness, triviality, unimportance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | osservazione non pertinente, non pertinenza, domanda non pertinente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuventynys (immateriality, inaccessibility, intangibilty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | irrelevanse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irrelevanceay irrelevante (immaterial, irrelevant), irrelevância (immateriality), inaplicabilidade (inapplicable), sem relação com (irrelevant), sem conexão, falta de propósito. (various references) inconsecvenţã (inconsistence, inconstancy), inaplicabilitate, lipsã de legãturã (impertinence), lipsã de însemnãtate (inconsequence, nothingness). (various references) неуместность (impropriety, inaptitude, incongruity, ineptitude). (various references) nepovezanost (discontinuity, incoherence), beznačajnost (immateriality, insignificance, insignificancy, littleness, meaninglessness, triviality). (various references) irrelevancia. (various references) irrelevans, brist på samband, betydelselöshet (indifference, insignificance, insignificancy, nullity). (various references) yersiz olma (inaptitude, irrelevancy), konunun dışında olma (irrelevancy). (various references) непропорційність, недоречність (impertinence, impropriety, inaptitude, incongruity, ineptitude, unfitness). (various references) tính không thích hợp điều không thích đáng, tính không dính dáng (irrelativeness), điều không thích hợp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "irrelevance": irrelevances. (additional references) | |
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"Irrelevance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: irrelevence, irrelvance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "irrelevance" (pronounced ire"luvuns) |
| 8 | -r e" l u v u n s | relevance. |
| 4 | -v u n s | connivance, contrivance, grievance, observance, province. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-v" | |
-2 letters: relevance. | |
-3 letters: careener, cleverer, larcener, nearlier, receiver, recliner, reliance, reliever, revealer, venereal, vernacle, vernicle. | |
-4 letters: alienee, aliener, carline, caviler, cervine, clavier, cleaner, clearer, cleaver, earlier, enclave, learier, learner, leavier, leerier, livener, nervier, raveler, ravelin, ravener, receive, reclean, recline, relearn, relieve, reveler, reverie, reviler, valence, valeric, vealier, vernier. | |
-5 letters: aerier, alevin, aliner, alvine, arrive, careen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: irrelevances, overreliance. | |
+2 letters: irrelevancies, overreliances. | |
+3 letters: overcentralize. | |
+4 letters: irrevocableness, overcentralized, overcentralizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01110010 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r r e l e v a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 0072 0065 006C 0065 0076 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4384847178718867806971 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Norwegian | norvegjez, نرويجى, النرويجية, النرويجى, اللغة النروجية, норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, 挪威语, norský, norvégien, Norweger, norvég, norvegese, Norlannish, Norlannagh, Loghlynagh, Loghlynish, norsk, norueguês, norvegianã, norvegian, норвежский, norvežanin, norveški jezik, norveški, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç, норвежці, норвезька мова, норвезький, норвежець, người Na-uy tiếng Na-uy | |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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